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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Four seasons in one game

Not to over-egg the pudding here, but last night's walkoff 8-7 win over the Rangers was one of the most exciting, frustrating, demoralizing, reenergizing games we've seen the Blue Jays play in a long time. So much happened in the space of last night's game that you know they couldn't fit that shit all into nine innings.

Here's our quick breakdown, broken into its component parts:

The Dopeness-The Jays winning their third walkoff of the year before they even open the lid on the Dome.

-Rod Barajas cranking out two homers, and having one of the best freakouts on the umpire after taking a called strike three that was three inches below his knees.

-Alex Rios going four for six with two RsBI and looking infinitely better (and as Alan Ashby pointed out, much more quiet) at the plate.

-José Bautista getting four hits and scoring twice. Jo-Bau!

-Jason Frasor, continuing to be awesome with his new changeup. Chalk up two more scoreless innings for the guy who was once the forgotten man in the pen.

-Cito working his seemingly dubious magic and leaving Kevin Millar in against Kason Gabbard Darren O'Day for the winning hit.

The Wackness-The Beej. Oh, the Beej. Four appearances, two saves, two blown. Maybe it's not time to relax about him.

-Aaron Hill's error to extend the ninth, allowing the Rangers to come back.

-Seeing Travis Snider bunt. Every time Snider squares around to bunt, a little part of us dies inside.

-The empty park, apparently abandoned by fans who had better things to do on a Wednesday night than stick around for a walkoff win.

Don't look know, but it's time to start scoreboard watchingThe Jays are still on top of the AL East, but the Red Sox (seven straight wins) and the Yankees (three straight) now sit a game and a half back.

Clearly, there's no point in wondering/discussing the lineup anymore. The Cito knows all.

Snider's batting .125 against lefties. The bunt had to be done, and it was a beauty. I love that he's getting the job done, regardless of what said job is. What a boss. And you're right, he's a beast in the walkoff aftermath. Loving it.

I thought the stupidest thing said was by Sam Cosentino (sp?). After a bang-bang play at first, where a Jay was called safe and the Texas manager (who, by the way, looks like a blues singer and not a manager) went out to argue. Sam said the reason he went out to argue is because Omar Visquel was only doing what the manager told him to do by bouncing the ball off the turf when he's throwing from deep in the hole at short. Do you really think anyone is giving tips to Omar Freakin' Visquel on how to play shortstop?